Pelvic abscess due to Ochrobactrum intermedium [corrected] in an immunocompetent host: case report and review of the literature

Sagar A Vaidya; Diane M Citron; Marjorie B Fine; Georgette Murakami; Ellie J C Goldstein

doi:10.1128/JCM.44.3.1184-1186.2006

Pelvic abscess due to Ochrobactrum intermedium [corrected] in an immunocompetent host: case report and review of the literature

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Mar;44(3):1184-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.1184-1186.2006.

Authors

Sagar A Vaidya¹, Diane M Citron, Marjorie B Fine, Georgette Murakami, Ellie J C Goldstein

Affiliation

¹ Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Abstract

Ochrobactrum intermedium [corrected] infection is rare in humans and is generally associated with immunocompromised hosts with indwelling foreign bodies. We report a case of pelvic abscess with O. intermedium [corrected] after a routine appendectomy in an immunocompetent patient and review the literature on O. intermedium [corrected] infection in patients with normal immune function.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abscess / immunology
Abscess / microbiology*
Appendectomy / adverse effects
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / immunology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Middle Aged
Ochrobactrum anthropi / pathogenicity*
Pelvic Infection / immunology
Pelvic Infection / microbiology*
Postoperative Complications / immunology
Postoperative Complications / microbiology